Rainbow had barricaded herself inside of the apple family's old water house; what earth ponies used to water their plants before the pegasus ponies helped out. Nopony would ever find her here; well maybe Pinkie Pie. Determined not to be found by her father; she prepared herself for a long stay. A barrel of apples, a stack of comic books, weight set to keep herself in shape and even a fluffy cloud to nap on. She managed to gather all this stuff in less than ten seconds; a new record.

She couldn't even enjoy the ego boost she just gave herself. Her memories as a filly were flooding her mind no matter how much she wished them not to. Groaning in frustration; Rainbow smashed an apple to relieve the tension growing within her. Glaring down at the pulverized apple, Rainbow shuddered feeling tears threaten to spill, but she refused to let them fall. She will not cry because of him again.

It was late in the day when the six ponies regrouped, unsuccessful in their search. The five mares were in various states of worry. The stallion held an air of resignation, as if he experienced this before. "Maybe this was a mistake; I shouldn't have come and disrupted your lovely town." "Now don't you think that way Stormy! Your aunty Pinkie Pie is here to help you! You never waste our time." Pinkie patted Snow Storm with a determined smile. "I'm several years older than you Ms. Pie." The stallion gave Pinkie a strange look, before shuffling away from her.

"This is quite odd, normally Rainbow Dash can't stay hidden long enough due to her inability to stay still." Rarity was perplexed at Dash's behavior. Normally Rainbow couldn't stay hidden from the entire town, but it seemed like she just disappeared completely. "Is there any place we haven't searched yet?" Fluttershy was easily the most worried; imagining all the horrible things that could possibly happen easily worked her up into a mild state of panic. "What if she is in trouble!"

Pinkie gasped sharply "Oh NO! Not DASHIE! We have to find her!" Pinkie's mood rapidly changed to horror at the thought of Rainbow hurt. She was still figuring out these new feelings that had developed for the rainbow mane pegasus, and the thought of Dash hurt caused a sharp pain to shoot through her chest. Before she could race off in a random direction to find the cyan pony a purple aura surrounded her and halted her in her tracks.

"Calm down Pinkie, I'm sure Rainbow is fine. She can take care of herself. We just need to think of anyplace we haven't looked yet." Twilight began writing down everyplace everypony had searched that day before marking them off on the map of Ponyville. "Hey Applejack, what is that building right there?" Twilight pointed at the small building on the map that was on the far side of Sweet Apple Acers. "Why that's the water house. Why, do you think Rainbow would hide there?" Applejack had a doubtful look on her face. The structure was tiny and musty. Rainbow would hardly be able to move around in such a small building, she would explode from boredom.

"She might be. We couldn't find her anywhere else; it wouldn't hurt to look just in case." Twilight's ever growing curiosity between Dash and Storm's relationship was part of the reason why she was so determined to find her. The other reason was concern; Dash had been gone for a really long time for a filly that didn't know the meaning of slow unless it was nap time.

The five ponies trotted off to Sweet Apple Acers with determination. If they didn't find her; they were going to alert the town of a missing pony. Traveling the expansive orchard they finally came across the musty structure that was covered in moss and vines. "You really should get rid of that dirty building, at least rebuild it." Rarity cringed upon sight of it. Applejack rolled her eyes before pushing on the door, only to find that it wouldn't budge an inch. "Well that's weird; I never had trouble getting into the water house before." Applejack pushed harder on the door, sweat forming from exertion.

Rainbow noticed the door being pushed open slowly, light pouring in from the small crack in the doorway. Dash rushed to the door and pushed it shut, struggling with the unseen force outside. The force suddenly became stronger and stronger. Rainbow could feel herself begin to buckle under the added pressure yet refused to give up and pushed all of her strength into it. A sudden slam against the door knocked Dash backward into her stacks of comics; her friends and father toppled inside in a heap.

Screaming, Rarity jumped up and began desperately dusting off the dirt and dust that had covered her. "This place is absolutely dreadful!" In an instant, Rarity began cleaning up the place, lighting candles and even alphabetized Rainbow's comics. She finished by summoning seven pillows and promptly sat on one "Ah, isn't this much better? Now Rainbow Dash your father is here to see you, please don't run away again."

Dash snorted angrily "I never want to see him again as long as I live! Go AWAY SNOW STORM!" Rainbow's wings were flared out aggressively, as she stood in a crouched defensive position. Snow Storm shrunk back slightly as he stared into his daughters angry eyes "I only wish to speak with you, this won't take long I promise."

"I don't have to listen to you; I don't have anything to say to you anymore. LEAVE! NOW!" Dash's friends were in shock; they never have seen Dash act in such a way before. They could feel the tension radiating off of her like a poisonous fume. "Now hang on there Rainbow! That's no way to talk to your father!" Applejack was furious; she had never witnessed such disrespect before and disliked seeing one of her closest friends treat their family in such a way.

Dash's glare never left her father as she harshly responded to Applejack "This is none of your business Applejack." Never before had Rainbow acted so harshly toward her friends; Applejack was stunned into a hurt silence. "D-Dashie, why are you being so mean?" Pinkie's normally loud and boisterous voice was soft, meek and sad. Startled by Pinkie's uncharacteristic response, Dash glanced at her sympathetically before returning her hardened gaze toward her father, whom by now was radiating guilt.

Licking his lips nervously, Storm cleared his throat, "I just want to apologize to you Rainbow Dash. You deserved better growing up. I am sorry I put you through so much." Dash's glare turned cold and distant, her face was unreadable "You can't change the past with your apologies father. I don't think I could ever forgive you." With those harsh words, Rainbow pushed past everypony in the room and took off.